# toar
## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since the 17th century. From Latin tonāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /toˈaɾ/

### Verb

toar (first-person singular present too, first-person singular preterite toei, past participle toado)
* to resound
    Synonyms: resoar, soar
** 1697, Fabián Pardiñas, Eu oín a meus avós:Pero tamen me dijeron Si o nacer do sol toaba Cas moitas luces do dia Todo o raudal istiñaban.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* to thunder
    Synonym: tronar
* (figurative) to give signs of life
** 1922, Armando Cotarelo Valledor, Trebón, page 46:¡Señor! ... ¡Señor! ... ¡Non toa! ... ¡Finou se! ... !Morreo!Milord!...Milord!...He doesn't give sings of life! ... He has passed away!... He has died!

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* tronar
* trono

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “toar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “toar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “toar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From to (“two”) +‎ -ar (“-er”). Akin to English twoer.

### Noun

toar m (definite singular toaren, indefinite plural toarar, definite plural toarane)
* the number two
* anyone or anything being designated the value or number of 2
** a specific route or line (in e.g. a public transport system), designated the number 2.
** an academic grade, specifically –
*** (Norway, high school) A grade (in a scale from 1 to 6, where 6 is the best)
*** (Norway, historical) A grade (in a scale from 1 to 6, where 1 is the best)
** (sports) any contestant carrying in a race the starting number of 2 in a race.
** the contestant either occupying second place at any given time, or achieving second place in the end.
*** (by extension) a sidekick
** (card games, etc.) a playing card, chip or similar with the value of 2.
** (dice games) a roll of the die with the value of two, or the two-pipped side of the die.
* (rowing, nautical) a two-rower racing shell in competitive rowing
* (definite singular, euphemistic, vulgar) the anus, rectum

### References

* “toar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
* “toer” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

### Anagrams

* Tora, orat, orta, roat, rota, tora

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /toˈa(ʁ)/ [toˈa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /toˈa(ʁ)/ [toˈa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /toˈa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /toˈa(ʁ)/ [toˈa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /toˈa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtwaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtwaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈtwa.ɾi/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tonāre.

#### Verb

toar (first-person singular present too, first-person singular preterite toei, past participle toado) (intransitive)
* to rumble
* to resound, to resonate
* to match, to accord, to harmonize [with com ‘with’]
* (music) to harmonize, to concord
* to make [with a] (an impression)
* to please

##### Conjugation

$^1$Superseded. $^2$Brazilian Portuguese. $^3$European Portuguese.

#### References

* “toar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “toar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

### Etymology 2

From toa +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

toar (first-person singular present too, first-person singular preterite toei, past participle toado)
* (transitive) to tow

##### Conjugation

$^1$Superseded. $^2$Brazilian Portuguese. $^3$European Portuguese.

#### References

* “toar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Old French toer, from Old Norse toga (“to pull something”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /toˈaɾ/ [t̪oˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: to‧ar

### Verb

toar (first-person singular present too, first-person singular preterite toé, past participle toado)
* to tow

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “toar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10